those next steps are when it comes to the politics and whether it's going to appease the street stephanie decker reporting live from lebanon's capital beirut thank you very much stephanie several people have been injured in hong kong after protesters fought with police in iran shopping malls anti-government demonstrators gathered in the new town plaza after damaging a train station somewhere wrestled to the ground by police and taken away for questioning. asian leaders at a summit in thailand have delayed signing a deal that would have created the world's biggest trading bloc a free trade agreement between 16 countries was meant to offset the impact of the u.s. china trade war but indian concerns over cheaper chinese imports appear to have come in the way can't hide a has a report from bangkok. to kick off the aussie on some of the fifa president handed out these customized football shirts to the leaders of the 10 member association of southeast asian nations the bloc focuses on regional unity while embracing each nation's individual culture but much of the focus recently has been on how nations

while maintaining their demand for the entire government to resign let's go to our correspondent stephanie decker she's joining us live from the capital beirut and we've been hearing from has been the leader has on the throne the stephanie what's he been saying. this is very good news 1st speech since the resignation of prime minister saad i'd be. writing a bit of a more conciliatory tone than his previous speeches where a lot of protesters were angry at his accusations of their protests actually being foreign funded basically what he's saying he's also addressing some of the accusations that hezbollah is the most political powerful political force in this country that wasn't against the collapse of this government because it was has been the let it boarding to no solid but because of the dangers of a political vacuum in this country but when it comes to that vacuum there is still no answers because at the moment yes you have the resignation of the prime minister it is now a caretaker government but everyone is waiting for this is what the protesters are waiting. or is for what's called these bin

sorry earlier this week after allegations of corruption and a downturn in lebanon's economy stephanie decker has more from beirut. after 2 weeks of closure the banks finally unlocked their doors there are more people than usual but no panic. sort of the us some tempers to actions it is not very annoying the crowds are not that big i was expecting long queues it is above the normal days by a little there are some restrictions on the diligence actions with a give us $2500.00 per week only but they place noticed actions on lebanese pounds the capital withdrawals in foreign transfers are a way to prevent a mass outflow of funds lebanon's economy is already at breaking point so the banks are open schools and universities are slowly following suit and despite some back and forth most of the roads are open to so a sense of normalcy is slowly being restored across the country but by no means is lebanon's political crisis over in fact you could argue it's only just beginning. for the 3rd time since the protests began hezbollah's secretary general an arguably the most powerful man in the country addre

appease the they say the only way to end this is through real palpable action and real change stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut. indigenous groups. vying to rip out all illegal drug crops to spite increasing the risk of violence after 5 leaders were killed this week in the region officials say the groups who profit drug trafficking. report from. southwest colombia. traditional funeral. who died defending their tribal land there are 2 or 4 indigenous guards killed last tuesday together with. the leading of their reservation. the leader of the guard the volunteer army of people who defend their territory armed only with their ceremonial sticks he says there's a plan on their way to exterminate them. they want to hit the indigenous because it's one of the strongest elements of the indigenous movement they want to control . there's an increasingly complex network of violent groups operating in long at the center of colombia's conflict that the mobilization of gravels left a vacuum the new groups are trying to fill after a brief lull in the violence following the signing of a peace deal in 2016. w

resignation but the demonstrators say they want the entire political system over holds let's bring in stephanie decker she's at that rally. north of beirut and we can see that the foreign minister and the son in law the president has been speaking giving his support to the demonstrators there stephanie what's he been saying that. there was great in the dressing corruption the people here welcoming very much of what this message is he's saying this is now together he says that it is you know the way to tackle these issues so she does recognize by changing the system me said they've made mistakes so it is a it's a it's are it's over i can see this through the speech but certainly he is also talking to a very receptive crowd these are his people these are supporters of his part of course a lot of that has been down right at the foreign minister but in this square in areas across the country particularly. for him to go while he's giving no indication that god is on the car there any time that they are even taking. very. little and thinking they could get changed. i suppose if you. can see it's not the per

appease the they say the only way to end this is through real palpable action and real change stephanie decker al-jazeera the root. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says she expects public hearings and the impeachment inquiry into president trying to begin this month meanwhile the testimony of an aide to the acting white house chief of staff that was you on friday has been postponed until monday but player is among those who listened to the call between trump and the ukrainian president back in july trump's accused of withholding military aid to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden let's go live now to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett who's been following this story acutely now with the timeline nailed down pretty much how is the white house responded u.s. president donald trump is taking sort of to the court of public opinion if you.

electricity stephanie decker has that story from beirut. they're making a point of being here around the clock the 24 hour protest calling for 24 hours of electricity the problem is we don't have 24 hours electricity provided by the government this is. so huge of this fact we have each person has to have a house we have to have a generator to fill the gap where we don't have electricity. so we will end up paying for electricity so the electricity is like 6 hours a day. just the government electricity and we have provided for the electricity for our eating our money literally eating our money reform of the electricity sector is part of caretaker prime minister saad had a reform plan but with the ongoing political stalemate those reforms are as abstract as the idea of an interrupted electricity let alone has had functioning 24 hour electricity since before the civil war that's before $975.00 that's why everyone has to rely on alternative sources and that translates to a mess crisscrossed electricity cables running streets and it's like this a

struggling to form a new cabinet since the resignation of prime minister saad the government stephanie decker reports from beirut's lebanon's economic crisis is being felt everywhere here in the back alleys of beirut we're going to did have a lot of prices have gone of people can no longer afford it thank god that's what we say to the more privileged areas of the camp. money your stock in the country your vessel is outside. not paid for suppliers have not been paid would you this charge and deliver if you're not fit but want to michelle are both businessmen and they like everyone else here don't know what's going to happen next i told one of the corporate there actors at the bank i import food you're not going to have food next week there's no food and the guy says may not. let me wire funds banks have introduced restrictions on certain financial transactions limiting withdrawals and blocking almost all foreign transfers the limitations on the 1st account is not a fixed and transparent thing everybody that goes and they ask for branch in the back. as 2000 a month of $4000.00 a week now if you

of decades of poorly managed economic policies and didn't demick across the board corruption stephanie decker al jazeera. un experts say it's highly probable an airstrike on a migrant detention center in libya was carried out by a state allied to warlords after the draft report declined to name the country but have ties allies including the u.a.e. and egypt the attack in july near the capital tripoli killed more than 50 people and injured more than 130 others the draft u.n. report also says the u.a.e. jordan's 2 don and turkey violated an arms embargo on libya. now 25 years after the signing of a peace treaty between jordan and israel the jordanian government has refused to renew a clause that allowed israeli tourists and farmers' visa free access to 2 large stretches of jordanian territory that area runs along the border between the 2 countries as bernard smith reports it's a sign of the deterioration of what is an important relationship. there may be a peace agreement between jordan and israel but it's under considerable strain. so these are some of the last israeli tourists to walk across

appease the they say the only way to end this is through real palpable action and real change stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut more than 100000 protesters have rallied in algeria's capital as the country marks independence day they tied the head of next month's presidential election which activists fear will be manipulated by the military the rallies began in february leading to the resignation of longtime president abdullah says. tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are rallying in pakistan's capital demanding prime minister imran jon and his government resign within 2 days i say towns of the the ship is illegitimate and propped up by the military some of binge of it has bought from islam of the earth. tens of thousands of protesters from all over pakistan are gathered on the outskirts of islamorada the striped flag is dominant because it represents one of those rough months party a politician and cleric who leads hundreds of religious seminaries he began the march from the southern city of karachi and made many stops on the way gaining people and momentum further a man has encou

powerful earthquake in decades there killed at least 16 people in the early hours of tuesday stephanie decker reports the earth shook while most people were fast asleep the power of the quake caught on surveillance cameras. notability to. me i felt that in my bedroom went to my kids' room and a door slammed on me both my arms this is more or. the early hours of tuesday turned into a search for survivors some fatalities are being reported hospitals have been treating hundreds of injuries the $6.00 magnitude quake with its epicenter 34 kilometers northwest of the capital to donna caused a few buildings to collapse it's a 2nd earthquake to strike albania in the last few months the last one in september measured $5.00 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker al-jazeera lisa marie novich has more from duras one of the worst hit cities. for this is actually . one trying over rescue mission here we can see not only police and fire fighters and army staff from albania but also from older neighboring countries who are helping them to try to locate the survivors in this moment in duress are 6 bui

gathering outside government buildings in a bid to force the entire ruling elite to step down stephanie decker joins us live now from beirut where you are rather it's clear that the crowds are still going strong stephanie what's happening where you are. that's right well you can see that a group of protesters actually were going to local courts and also in front of the ministry of justice here in the capital calling for accountability this is somewhat of a change in strategy or showers through as you know they've been blocking roads yesterday the army yet more force than usual i mean still restrained but very clear that orders had been given to clear the roads to clear the highways to allow traffic to flow to allow people to get back to their daily lives so what's happening now is that people are coming to government institutions companies like the electricity company which a company communications company because also charges here are mobile phones and internet charges are extremely high all these issues that people want to see address the message years of accountability richelle they want to

they want to get rid of so we're going to have to wait and see how things are going to play out stephanie decker in amongst the protests in beirut thank you. we move on to other news people in iran are rallying outside the former u.s. embassy as they mark a key anniversary of the islamic revolution it has been 40 years since students stormed the embassy compound and held dozens of americans hostage for 444 days they were calling for the united states to extradite sharma hummingbird's up the who had led iran to the revolution in 1979 the rally outside the for me embassy is held every year and the pictures coming in right now from tehran show huge number of people gathering outside that embassy as we say 40 years since the embassy crisis began and also jabar is our correspondent in tehran to talk to us when the the depth of failing it doesn't diminish as the years go by as it. no certainly not come all and this year like many other years previous it's a nationwide day of anti-u.s. protests the reins are marking this anniversary voicing their distaste in this trust in the united states and their po

to afghanistan he told american troops he believed the taliban was willing to strike a deal stephanie decker has more. it was a surprise visit and is often the case with president donald trump a surprising announcement taliban wants to make a deal and we're meeting with them and we're seeing as to be a cease fire they want to do is use fire but now. they do want to do is use fire i believe it probably work trumps admission their meeting with the taliban comes after the president abruptly broke off talks in september following the killing of a u.s. soldier in a bombing claimed by the taliban talks had been making progress up until then the taliban has confirmed to al jazeera that some meetings have been taking place to pave the way for the resumption of talks the group also recently released 2 western hostages and 10 afghan soldiers in exchange for 3 of its senior leaders but officials say there's still no sign the taliban is ready to give up its weapons in exchange for a role in afghan politics demilitarization is a key demand from afghan president ashraf ghani but he's been sidelined while

appease the they say the only way to end this is through real palpable action and real change stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut. more than 100000 anti-government protesters have rallied in jarius capital on the anniversary of the country's independence day this comes ahead of next month's presidential election which activists say could be manipulated by the military the protests marked the 37th week of them stray sions which 1st began in february and led to the resignation of the longtime leader of the lizzie's beautifully in april. the leader of the u.k.'s breck said party has offered to help prime minister boris johnson win that the center election but only if johnson abandons his withdrawal deal with the european union. in his election campaign by threatening to field candidates in every seat against the conservative party if the brakes of the 0 isn't dropped but also quickly ruled out any sort of alliance leave barker reports . the odds in coding to bookmakers prime minister boris johnson's conservative party will win britain's general election but don't count on anything until nigel for

stephanie decker in beirut to other news and protest leaders in pakistan are considering their next move after the prime minister declared he won't resign tens of thousands of demonstrators had munched on islam giving him on khan until midnight sunday to step down i say the government is in judgment and propped up by the military the protests and led by the prime minister's longtime rival the conservative cleric. mom come out with us now from islamabad so the deadline passed. well less than 12 hours ago what's the white house. where. i had. diggnation did not come and march on the radio. program. and the government that they would not allow it but today that it. looks much more. the tensions of the barge. large bridge a bridge or day that security forces also all door and you again are showing their presence so for the 1st time i rail hope that perhaps cooler heads will prevail them all on our show and said that they were not crossed that red line id also extend a very strong signal using this opportunity of the protesters saying that if anybody was mulling over plans to recognize israel

struck it will more than likely see the taliban return to play a part in ruling afghanistan stephanie decker al-jazeera. michael semple is a visiting research professor at the institute for global peace security and justice a queens university in belfast he says there has to be compromise for more talks to go ahead. the taliban have to accept some form of violence reduction whether it's partial or global the optimum one being a full full ceasefire but it's possible they could agree to more limited measures to reduce violence so they have to they have to agree to start turning off the violence and they have to agree to a pathway to direct talks with the with the afghan government what the taliban have been saying in the past couple of months since that process broke down is that they there they are happy to reenter negotiations but only if the americans give them everything that they felt had been promised in that deal whereas the. on the other side this is then the americans have been telling them quietly that that deal became impossible because it had basically no 0 support inside afghanist

killed at least 6 people the 6.4 magnitude quake struck just north of the capital tehran or stephanie decker has the latest. the earth shook while most people were fast asleep not a bit of water with. me i felt that in my bedroom went to my kid's room and a door slammed on me her both my arms this is war or. the early hours of tuesday turned into a search for survivors some fatalities are being reported hospitals have been treating hundreds of injuries the $6.00 magnitude quake with its epicenter 34 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana caused a few buildings to collapse it's a 2nd earthquake to strike albania in the last few months the last one in september measured $5.00 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker al-jazeera. police in the georgian capital tbilisi her falls protesters to move from the entrances to parliament police have been trying to block politicians from getting people sorry have been trying to block politicians from getting into the building and holding a session they've been demonstrating for weeks demanding an overhaul of the electoral system which they say f

killed at least 6 people think 6.4 magnitude quake struck just north of the capital of tirana stephanie decker has more. the earth shook while most people were fast asleep no ability to go home with. me i felt it in my bedroom went to my kids' room and a door slammed on me both my arms this is more or. the early hours of tuesday turned into a search for survivors some fatalities are being reported hospitals have been treating hundreds of injuries the $6.00 magnitude quake with its epicenter 34 kilometers northwest of the capital tirana caused a few buildings to collapse it's a 2nd earthquake to strike albania in the last few months the last one in september measured $5.00 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker al-jazeera. well earlier my colleague martine denis spoke to bizarrely better journalist and editor of b i r and albania that's the balkan investigative reporting network he says the emergency crews were more prepared compared to the earthquake in september. the demigods quite extensive across central bay now a major emergency crews are still digging with their hands with heavy e

widespread corruption and mismanagement means that hardly anything works here the way it should stephanie deckeral-jazeera beirut ben as well as opposition leader is reviewing his push to force president nicolas maduro from office one is holding a rally in the capital caracas those pictures coming to you live now it's almost a year since he launched his campaign to remove maturer the 36 year old came to prominence in january after he was named leader the venezuelan national assembly. a long time white house employee has arrived to testify at the impeachment hearing investigating president donald trump mark zandi works in the office of management and budget he is the 1st member of that department to testify cindi's closed the door deposition is expected to include details on the hold up of military i d ukraine foreign nationals living in the libyan capital have been left with a stark choice they can stay in tripoli where they risk their lives because of the fighting well they can head home to poverty but moved up the wire reports on why some have chosen to stay for fear has haunted this moroccan

demands electricity consecutive governments of to provide people with 24 hour power since 1975 stephanie decker reports from beirut. they're making a point of being here around the clock the 24 hour protest calling for 24 hours of electricity the problem is we don't have 24 hours electricity provided by the government this is. so huge of the fact we have each person has to have a house we have to have a generator to fill the gap where we don't have electricity. so we will end up being. city so the electricity is 6 hours a day. the government electricity and we have provided electricity for our eating our money literally the reform of the electricity sector is part of caretaker prime minister's sad how to reform plan but with the ongoing political stalemate those reforms are as abstract as the idea of an interrupted electricity let alone has had functioning 24 hour electricity since before the civil war that's before $975.00 that's why everyone has to rely on alternative sources and that translates to a mess crisscrossed electricity cables running streets and it's like this across most parts of

afghanistan he told american troops that he believed the taliban was willing to strike a deal stephanie decker has more. it was a surprise visit and is often the case with president donald trump. rising announcement taliban wants to make a deal and we're meeting with them and we're saying it has to be a cease fire they want to do a cease fire but now they do want to do is use fire i believe it probably work and there were times admission their meeting with the taliban comes after the president abruptly broke off talks in september following the killing of a u.s. soldier in a bombing claimed by the taliban talks had been making progress up until then the taliban has confirmed to al jazeera that some meetings have been taking place to pave the way for the resumption of talks the group also recently released 2 western hostages and 10 afghan soldiers in exchange for 3 of its senior leaders but officials say there's still no sign the taliban is ready to give up its weapons in exchange for a role in afghan politics demilitarization is a key demand from afghan president ashraf ghani but he's been sid

rubble rescue teams from neighboring countries including israeli have already arrived to help stephanie decker has. the earth shook while most people were false to sleep the power of the quake caught on surveillance cameras. with. me i felt it in my bedroom went to my kids' room and a door slammed on me both my arms this is war for. the early hours of tuesday turned into a search for survivors some fatalities are being reported hospitals have been treating hundreds of injuries the $6.00 magnitude quake with its epicenter 34 kilometers northwest of the capital to donna caused a few buildings to collapse it's a 2nd earthquake to strike albania in the last few months the last one in september measured $5.00 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker. well the epicenter of the earthquake was in the coastal city of duress which is 36 kilometers from the capital the region is one of the areas that's been warst hit john psaropoulos joins me live now from there as so john tell us a little bit about the rescue and recovery operation what's going on there now especially seeing as it's nightfall. and

been struggling to form a new government since the resignation of prime minister saad hariri stephanie decker has a report from beirut. lebanon's economic crisis is being felt everywhere here in the back alleys of beirut we're going to get a hobby but a lot of prices have gone up people can no longer afford it thank god that's what we say to the more privileged areas of the capital money is stuck in the country your vessels on site. not paid for suppliers haven't not been paid would you this charge and deliver if you're not fit but i want to michel are both businessmen and they like everyone else here i don't know what's going to happen next i told one of the corporate there actors at the bank i import food you're not going to have food next week there's no food and the guy says may not like let me why are fans banks have introduced restrictions on certain financial transactions limiting withdrawals and blocking almost all foreign transfers the patients on the 1st of accounts is not a fixed and transparent thing everybody that goes i'm asked the branch and the fact that. it's 2000 a month and

question is will it satisfy the street and can it save lebanon from a full economic collapse stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut. they've been more protests at the university in hong kong the one that saw violent clashes less than 24 hours ago police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who had built barricades at the chinese university in hong kong on tuesday let's go to hong kong now and to bring us up to date what has been happening. well the morning started off with commuter a total and utter commuter chaos in the city as protesters are continuing as promised the 3rd day a week day civil disobedience they barricaded major roads to shut down railway stations bus routes have been cancelled police have tried to clear out these protesters said open up those roads again but each time the protesters move to other areas to once again shut down major routes i want to point out we're not seeing any large number of protesters and when any one area but lots of small groups of protesters trying to block off roads and i and routes into different parts of the city now but the focal point of t

hours a day this is among many problems that have provoked almost months a month of protests stephanie deckerreport on what's been behind the power struggle. there making a point of being here around the clock the 24 hour protest calling for 24 hours of electricity the problem is we don't have 24 hours a week to just keep provided by the government this is you took. it so you to this fact we have each person has to have it house we have to add a generator to fill the gap where we don't have electricity. so we will end up paying 2 bills provide for electricity so the electricity is like 6 hours of electricity the militarist the government electricity and we have provided for the electricity who are eating our money literally eating all money reform of the electricity sector is part of caretaker prime minister saad how do these reform plan but with the ongoing political stalemate those reforms are as abstract as the idea of an interrupted electricity let alone has had functioning 24 hour electricity since before the civil war that's before $975.00 that's why everyone has to rely on alternative

what the turnout is going to be like but a lot of anger on the streets among the protesters ok stephanie decker live for us out of beirut thanks stephanie russian airstrikes are reported to have killed at least 3 civilians in syria's last rebel whole province dozens of air raids have been launched in southwest atlanta this week activists say hospitals and schools have been hit the syrian government declared a cease fire in a loop in late august but airstrikes have continued. protesters in iraq have shut down schools government buildings and state media offices across the country dozens of people have been injured in the capital baghdad after security forces used tear gas and live rounds to disperse crowds the u.n. is now stepping up pressure on the government to a natural forms in response to anti-government rallies more than $325.00 people have been killed since protests broke out last month. but the anger stems from the poor conditions or rocky say they had become used to for 16 years they say they watched the public services and infrastructure crumble and their quality of life to terry rape

parliamentary consultations which are required for naming the next prime minister let's check in with stephanie decker in beirut for us stephanie has changed over the day as far as opening the roads go it was a sort of a peaceful thing. yes throughout most areas throughout the country because it wasn't just here in beirut to the roads were reopened without any easier to drill holes or cations with the security force is that something that the army has tried to throughout these 19 days most part really protecting the protesters when it came to also having issues with counter protest or thugs being sent down to the streets have been basically overnight people decided to block the roads again because as you mentioned there are no political movement has happened yet everyone waiting for the president to announce those parliamentary consultations which means basically forming the next political body to move this country forward and we understand according to a couple of newspaper reports that that could happen within the next 24 hours and then according again to reports this could be a cabinet that's made

struck it will more than likely see the taliban return to play a part in ruling afghanistan stephanie decker al-jazeera. is a republican strategist and political analyst and she believes the taliban sees the truck presidency as an opportunity to strike a deal with the u.s. . i think the taliban understand that this president is a very unconventional president and that things in washington are not just chaotic but often evil to be rule the forms of us aside you're able to be written almost overnight and that's that's how i think expect your i don't think that they lost confidence that they can get somewhere and present chum but i think this that represents a moment frankly this this this announcement by the president of reopening these talks about immigrants unity and i think that there are there are people who are part of a republican of south of the class here in washington and they're pretty angry because they were pretty angry when it was announced the president wanted to break the taliban members over to get a better so there are people here we're going to be critical of the president ab

they're also angry over delays in forming a new cabinet after prime minister saad hariri resigned stephanie decker is at those protests and beirut right now it's not going to have it it's a groups of protesters are now taking their demographer to government institutions there outside the ministry of justice here are changing their tactics really from what had been blocking roads we saw with the army own choose a forcibly removed the road block the message here is that people want to keep the message that they want it count to believe that nothing has been done the political side hasn't moved so this is what they're doing now it's not just here in beirut it's also in other areas across the country to try to keep the pressure on what they're calling for here is for the judges to ensure their rights for there to be accountability for there being an investigation into. sheen of course corruption is a huge issue in this country and people will tell you that that is one of the main reasons why the economy is at the point where it is today so now we're seeing a shift in the protests protestors tactics wh

in the last few months the last one in september measured $5.00 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker al-jazeera believes some are individuals more from douras one of the worst hit cities. this is actually true or one trying over rescue mission here we can see not only police and fire fighters and army stuff from albania but also from older neighboring countries which are helping them to try to locate the survivors in this moment in duress are 6 buildings like this which are totally collapsed on the other hand most of them are seriously damage and people who are on the streets from the small morning they cannot go back because in the last 12 hours a series of smaller earthquakes hit this area and people are afraid that these buildings more lost or tens of thousands of people are struggling to cope with flooding and landslides in northwestern kenya at least 52 people have been killed in the past few days relief teams have been slow to reach the region some roads and bridges have been cut off by flooding several east african nations have been hit by heavy rain and more is forecast bomba

told of decades of poorly managed economic policies and in demick across the board corruption stephanie decker al jazeera beirut. police have granted rare permission for a gathering at hong kong's to mark the death of the student protests thousands joined the vigil for 22 year old child she lock police say they're not to blame for his death which is fueled more public anger. indians are reacting with restraint to a supreme court ruling that gave a long disputed piece of land to majority hindus to build the temple a centuries old mosque at the site in a idea was demolished by hindu activists in 1992 that led to riots which killed over 2000 people and muslims have been given an alternative piece of land to build a mosque and giovanna reports from new delhi it's a case that has polarized hindus and muslims in india for decades now the supreme court has made its decision on diode her land dispute with her pretty. hindu say this piece of land is the birthplace of their date. in december 1992 hindu hardline groups destroyed a mosque that had stood here for more than 400 years the muslim community he

in the last few months the last one in september measured 5.6 and damaged hundreds of homes stephanie decker al-jazeera well i've been speaking to a matter who is a journalist in albania and he told me more about the situation with regard to preparedness in albania. the demigods quite extensive across central bay now a major emergency crews are still digging with their hands with heavy equipment in the village of mana close to the epicenter where 2 building collapsed also in the portal town of portal city of doors there is another collapsed building and they're still looking for survivors there now wasn't that long ago and we'll say that albania had another earthquake small in this one it was in september and it that suggest therefore that there is a level of preparedness someone see authorities would you agree exactly i mean the reaction of the emergency crews that we saw in the capital today but also in the coastal town of tourists was much harder much more preparedness compared to the earthquake in september so this may help in a sense aides to the rescue considering that this earthquake

told of decades of poorly managed economic policies and in demick across the board corruption stephanie decker al jazeera beirut. indians are reacting with restraint to a supreme court ruling that gave along the street a piece of land to majority hindus to build a temple a centuries old mosque at the site in a odeo was demolished by hindu activists in 1902 that led to riots which killed at least 2000 people muslims have been given an alternative of land to build a mosque and job or ports from new delhi. it's a case that has polarized hindus and muslims in india for decades now the supreme court has made its decision on diode land dispute in return for the. hindu say this piece of land is the birthplace of their date. in december 1902 hindu hardline groups destroyed a mosque that had stood here for more than 400 years. the muslim community here insists this is the site of where that mosque should be rebuilt but the court has ordered the creation of a government trust to oversee the construction of a hindu temple instead while awarding to have a land somewhere else to build a mosque in its decis

of decades of poorly managed economic policies and didn't demick across the board corruption stephanie decker al jazeera. you an expert say it is highly probable that an airstrike on a migrant detention center in libya was carried out by a state allied to warlords after the draft report declined to name the country but have to its allies include the u.a.e. and egypt the attack in july near the capital tripoli killed more than 50 people and injured more than 130 others the draft u.n. report also says the u.a.e. jordan and turkey violated an arms embargo on libya. tens of thousands of people are still stranded and without shelter after last month's flooding in the northwest democratic republic of congo the mayor of the town of zongo says almost $37000.00 people 2 thirds of them children are homeless they're in desperate need of clean water food and medicine angela merkel has used a pivotal moment in germany's history to urge european leaders to defend democracy the chancellor has a close connection to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago so many cain has more. germans remember a joyous mome

demonstrations and protests there's are angry there's been no sign of progress towards a new government stephanie decker isn't even north of beirut. the army has now turned out in full force. and they're trying to just open the road you can see a lot of frustration here on drivers. there's orders being given by the army commanders . this highway's been backed up all the way to. try. the protesters are putting their hands up shouting peaceful religion. there's a lot of. frustration. the protesters during this to keep the pressure on the government but a lot of people are getting upset the civilians in the south. the situation that we're in isn't. and we support your places to. hospitals for children texas schools the government is losing millions of. what do you think about the governments of that's what's happening i hope the army. the army. the roadblocks that were in place now opening up this major. they will come back to the streets because our. haven't been that there's been no political movement and they say that this way is the only way to keep the pressure on the government. reporting their prote

named they have also been some rallies held in support of the government once again we are with stephanie decker on the streets of beirut today how things are going stephanie. but you mentioned there. particular the entrances into the city there also they're joking. saying it's a cat and mouse game with the security forces setting up roadblocks and then moving to other areas there's a lot of frustration on the streets because of those roadblocks but we're also here this is one of the main streets and how much you can banks are open there's a bank on either side of us people are going about their daily business so there is a sense of normalcy but certainly there is an uptick in the pressure today from the protesters come on people we've been talking to will tell you that they've been giving discover men time to form. a new transitional body let's say we spoke to a student from one of the universities earlier he said that they had come back to the streets at 5 o'clock this morning why let's listen to why he said he's back on the streets. we gave the chance for the political class in order to move

question is will it satisfy the street and can it save lebanon from a full economic collapse stephanie decker beirut chile's president sebastian pinera says his country is facing a grave crisis as a national strike brought many regions to a standstill thousands of people have been marching in the capital santiago as the country's currency the peso hit a historic low protests began in mid october over an increase in metro fares but have since grown into a wider anger over social inequality has called place for service to help security forces try and manage the often violent demonstrations and the report is raising concern over guinea's human rights situation ahead of next year's presidential election amnesty international has details several red flags including rising political tension and the killing of anti-government protesters opposition groups have been protesting for weeks against proposed changes to the constitution a fear of the changes could allow the president a condé to stand for a 3rd presidential term well as west africa researcher amnesty international he joins us from skype via